It’s the MoCCA recap and Jimmy is joined in studio by Producer Joe and pal Jon Hoche. Jimmy and Joe attended MoCCA Festival over the weekend and experienced some amazing small press comic book goodness! Jimmy interviewed Monica Gallagher, Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, Barbara Stok and Jamie Tanner. You’ll hear Dean, Seth and Barbara in this episode and Monica and Jamie in next week’s episode. Jimmy also cheated on CNI by appearing on 2 other podcasts last week. He was part of the annual Jay and Jack charity podcast for Autism Speaks and a guest on his friend Amber’s Vodka O’Clock podcast (available next week). Jimmy and Joe gave their recap and thoughts on this year’s MoCCA. Hint: It rocked! News includes: New Lego Dimensions game from Warner Bros., DC Comics leaves NYC for good, you can relive Superman 2 with Margot Kidder, Agents of SHIELD gets a spin-off, Olivia Munn is cast as Psylocke in upcoming X:Men film, new Spider-Man film will have teenage Spidey/no origin re-telling/new costume with “classic Spidey” feel, Brad Bird is working on The Incredibles 2, Lucy Griffiths joins AMC’s Preacher cast and director Michelle McLaren leaves Wonder Woman film over “creative differences”. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Jimmy is joined in studio by frequent co-host Gretchen Souerwine! They send their love to all in Boston and discuss the upcoming Boston Comic Con that Jimmy is attending on Sunday. Jimmy was on Jay & Jack’s marathon podcast for Autism Speaks again and attended the New York Comic Book Marketplace show as well. As Gretchen is a big Doctor Who fan, they briefly discuss the new season. News includes: Comixology comes out as culprit in the Saga #12 ban, Eisner Awards announced, Greg Pak and Jonathan Coulton successfully fund Kickstarter campaign in one day for new comic based on Coulton’s songs, Man of Steel will kick off DC Universe movies and Adri Cowan collects kids comics for Boston Children’s Hospital. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

DC Comics has started the new year with revealing the name from the hooded figure from all 52 of the New 52 debut issues in September. “Her name is Pandora” said DC Tuesday morning.

As of March 2012, all Marvel’s titles will see same day Digital release as print, as reported by Gizmodo. The only Marvel titles that will not get this treatment will be the MAX line and licensed products such as the Stephen King books.
Archie Comics became the first publisher to go same-day digital release for their entire publishing line in January of 2010, along with offering digital comics for $1 less than their print counterparts. So far, every Marvel and DC same-day digital release has had the same price for both products, though DC comics drop from $2.99 to $1.99 after a month.

Four months in, the DC Comics relaunch seems to be a success. The most recent sales figures show Justice League #1 selling more than 360,000 copies since August, and Batman #1 and Action Comics #1 selling more than 250,000. By contrast, Marvel’s strongest seller was Ultimate Spider-Man #160, which was in the 160,000-copy neighborhood.

Wiki of the Week:
Krypto

Muy Bueno:
ACTION COMICS #5
Written by GRANT MORRISON; Backup story written by SHOLLY FISCH; Art by ANDY KUBERT and JESSE DELPERDANG; Backup story art by CHRISCROSS; Cover by ANDY KUBERT and JOE PRADO; Variant cover by RAGS MORALES; 1:200 B&W Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
As the assault from an alien threat takes a turn for the worse for Metropolis, keys facts about Superman’s past are brought to light for the first time! And how can certain elements from The Man of Steel’s future help to prevent the theft of the millennium? Don’t miss this awesome issue from series writer Grant Morrison and the guest art team of Andy Kubert and Jesse Delperdang!

Honorable Mentions:
Animal Man #5 and Swamp Thing #5

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